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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2013 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 31 | $****** - ****** | Baltimore Oriole Securing Freshwater Fish |
paintings
149.8 x 139.7 cm (58.98 x 55 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1965 on the reverse; titled and dated 1965 on the stretcher
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Washington D.C.
Christie's, New York, November 18, 1981, Lot 51
Acquired by the present owner from the above
William Wilson, "Edward Ruscha, Ferus Gallery," Artforum, vol. 4, no. 5, January 1966, p. 13, illustrated ; Henry Hopkins, "West Coast Style," Art Voices, vol. 5, no. 4, Fall 1966, p. 68, illustrated ; Patricia C. Johnson, "Spam What Am," Houston Chronicle, January 23, 1983, p. 14, illustrated; Susie Kalil, "The Works of Edward Ruscha," Houston Post, January 23, 1983, p. 23F ; Pat Poncy, ed., Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings: Volume One: 1958-1970, New York, 2003, p. 185, illustrated in color
